It has reported nine cases, bringing the number to 17. Sixteen of these are from the same family.

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The first coronavirus import into Algeria came from an Italian businessman.

Since then authorities have identified 16 more. They’re all from the same family in Blida, about 30 kms south of the capital Algiers.

Hospitals and medical staff in the region have been alerted and authorities are trying to trace everyone the family has recently come into contact with.

The family is believed to have caught the virus from a man and his daughter who came from France.

They tested positive for COVID19 after they returned to France

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Thousands of protestors were on the streets of Algiers say the five candidate contesting the presidential race are all to close to the regime of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika they brought down last April.

Algerian authorities are inviting tomorrow’s election is the only way of ending the stand-off between pro-democracy protestors and the military.

The demonstrations in Algeria, France, Canada and the United States say the poll is an attempt to secure power in the hands of the corrupt clique who have held it since independence from France 57 years ago.

It remains to be seen whether the protestors known as the Hirak will accept the outcome of the election.

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